Influences of geometry parameter on mode suppression ratio of fiber grating external cavity semiconductor laser

Abstract

According to equivalent external cavity approximation model, after taking into account the joint contribution of semiconductor laser, external cavity and fiber grating (FG) to the phase condition, the mode distribution of the fiber grating external cavity semiconductor laser (FGESL) can be determined. As a result, the effect of the FG external cavity length (L) on the side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of the FGESL is investigated theoretically. The results show that with the injected current and the coupling efficiency increase of the SMSR has taken on rise at all. For strong feedback (R2=10−4), the SMSR become more flattened with more than 40dB, but, for weak feedback condition, The SMSR have lesser than 35dB by an oscillation during rising course. Under the condition of short external cavity, the SMSR is in deep relation to the external cavity length, but the SMSR of longer external cavity is smaller than the SMSR of shorter external cavity on the whole and for 8–11mm of the external cavity length, the SMSR of the FGESL has better (SMSR>40.8dB), and the SMSR become more flattened.